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Diagnostic Yield of Whole Exome Sequencing for Adults with Ataxia: a Brazilian Perspective.
Cerebellum (London, England) - 1 Feb 2022
da Graça Felipe Franco, Peluzzo Thiago M, Bonadia Luciana Cardoso, Martinez Alberto Rolim Muro, Diniz de Lima Fabricio, Pedroso José Luiz, Barsottini Orlando G P, Gama Maria Thereza Drummond, Akçimen Fulya, Dion Patrick A, Rouleau Guy A, Marques Wilson, França Marcondes Cavalcante
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies using whole exome sequencing (WES) have shown that a significant proportion of adult patients with undiagnosed ataxia in European and North American cohorts have a known genetic cause. Little is known about the diagnostic yield of WES in non-Caucasian ataxic populations. Herein, we used WES to investigate a Brazilian cohort of 76 adult patients with idiopathic ataxia previously screened for...
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